System and Method for Emulation of Wireless Channels and Multi-Antenna Transmit and Receive Circuits

2. The device of claim 1, wherein at least one portion of the configuration information pertaining to at least one of the wireless transmitter and the wireless receiver is received from one or more devices under test (DUTs).

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the configuration information pertaining to at least one of the wireless transmitter and the wireless receiver comprises data relating to at least one of (i) beamforming weights or precoding matrices for a plurality of antennas, (ii) gain control or polarization for one or more of the antennas, or (iii) a placement or an orientation for one or more the antennas.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the configuration information pertaining to the wireless transmitter relates to analog beamforming and the configuration information pertaining to the wireless receiver relates to at least one of (i) analog beamforming or (ii) digital beamforming.

5. The device of claim 3, wherein the configuration information pertaining to the wireless transmitter relates to digital beamforming and the configuration information pertaining to the wireless receiver relates to at least one of (i) analog beamforming or (ii) digital beamforming.

6. The device of claim 3, wherein the configuration information pertaining to the wireless transmitter relates to hybrid beamforming and the configuration information pertaining to the wireless receiver relates to at least one of (i) analog beamforming or (ii) digital beamforming.

7. The device of claim 3, wherein the configuration information pertaining to the wireless transmitter relates to analog beamforming and the configuration information pertaining to the wireless receiver relates to hybrid beamforming.

8. The device of claim 3, wherein the configuration information pertaining to the wireless transmitter relates to digital beamforming and the configuration information pertaining to the wireless receiver relates to hybrid beamforming.

9. The device of claim 3, wherein the configuration information pertaining to the wireless transmitter relates to hybrid beamforming and the configuration information pertaining to the wireless receiver relates to hybrid beamforming.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the configuration information pertaining to the wireless channel comprises parameters relating to a channel impulse response.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein the configuration information pertaining to the wireless channel comprises parameters relating to a mobility of at least one of the wireless transmitter or the wireless receiver.

12. The device of claim 1, wherein the emulation processor comprises a plurality of programmable finite impulse response (FIR) filters.

13. The device of claim 1, wherein updated configuration information pertaining to one or more of the wireless channel, the wireless transmitter, and the wireless receiver is received; and wherein the controller is further configured to configure the emulation processor to operate according to the received updated configuration without substantially affecting the substantially real-time operation.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to configure the emulation controller in response to the updated configuration information.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the controller is configured to program the plurality of programmable FIR filters to emulate at least one of (i) a multiple-input, multiple output (MIMO) channel or (ii) emulate a single-input, single-output (SISO) channel for each of the plurality of paths comprising the wireless channel.